Israel expels UN rights envoy Richard Falk - Dec 17 08

The United Nation's top human rights official has condemned Israel's expulsion of Richard Falk, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian Territories, from the country, calling it "unprecedented" and "deeply regrettable. Al Jazeera's Ghida Fakhry spoke to Falk about his expulsion and the potential repercussions.

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[bassammaelborno]

What a remarkable Being.

Resolve such as this unequivocally emanates from a very deep seated sense of Humanity.

He unwaveringly challenges with a banner of Morality and Ethics in one hand and Factual Truths in the other.

Such a Noble individual, to stand against many within his own religious faith, knowing them to be Wrong.

This can only be true Righteousness.

Whether of Jewish faith or not, appears to be less relevant to him than are his guiding Moral Values and Ethical Principles.

[gobuddyboy]

israel is being exposed everyday. That is bad news for all the pro nazi zionist israel

[72Yonatan]

@steute2011

And any person who resorts to name calling clearly does not have a coherent argument to offer. Thanks for showing your true colors. If you were truly motivated by "right from wrong" then you would deny the lies in the place of history, and defend the right of Israel to both exist and to defend herself. Now we have received a Grad missile attack from Gaza. What would the USA do if she received a Grad missile attack from Japan on Honolulu? I think we know what happened 7 Dec 1942.

[steute2011]

@72Yonatan Any idiot who judges issues based on right and left, instead of right and wrong, obviously needs more than history just some history books. As I told you before....GET HELP FAST! 

[72Yonatan]

@cpeigney94

The conflict will not end by appeasement. Did you forget to remember the appeasement of Hitler and how the European nations sold out the country of Czechoslovakia? Did that work? Did you also forget the withdrawal of Israel from Sinai, and how we do not now have peace with Egypt? Did you forget the withdrawal from southern Lebanon and how Hezbollah now has made war with us twice? Did you forget the withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 and that Hamas did not make peace with us? Memory=truth

[72Yonatan]

@steute2011

Yes, all of these organizations are biased against Israel.

[72Yonatan]

@steute2011

Richard Falk and the liberal crowd are not in possession of "the truth" as you call it. Israel has the right to self-defense, and I applaud her actions in preventing the ultra-left-wing inciters from entering the country. Stay home and start reading history books.

[phr0]

@72Yonatan your statement makes sense,only thing missing was "Hail my Führer" at the end

[phr0]

@cpeigney94 You say we should not bring up nazis because this is hurtful But please let me refraise what you have just writen and see if it sounds familier

"Judaisim IS a terrorist organization, and Germany will NOT negotiate with them"

"Germany is tiny, not many places to build"

Sound familiar?

[cpeigney94]

@superhamzah85 Hamas IS an anti-Semitic terrorist organization, and Israel will NOT negotiate with them. I don't agree with the settlements in the West Bank but there's things most people don't know... Israel is tiny, not many places to build. If they go 10 minutes THAT way, where it's half the price, it's already West Bank! But yeah, territorial dispute is bad enough as it is now. And do not compare Israelis to Nazis because that's just nasty, offensive and not constructive.